The Center for
Emergency Education and Disaster Research (CEEDR) at the University of
Maryland, Baltimore County.

The Center for Emergency Education and Disaster
Research provides consulting, training, assessment, and planning
services for public safety, public health and emergency management
agencies, and for private sector organizations. Using a
multi-disciplinary approach, CEEDR integrates both theory and
real-world experience into the design and implementation of research
and training projects specific to emergency preparedness and response.
In projects ranging from emergency decision-making to hospital incident
command and WMD response, CEEDR is fully equipped to respond to the
training, planning, and research needs of the disaster management
community. As a center of specialized excellence, CEEDR employs a staff
of world-renowned experts in emergency preparedness, emergency public
health, disaster management, Critical Incident Stress Management
(CISM), EMS, and the evolving discipline of emergency response to
terrorism.